Fair point but if they are like me I like the advice on here because it is usually quick and accurate and I need that due to pressure of my work. As such never think to pop back and report results :oops: :oops: Sooo sorry must try harder! Great crowd in here tho' :D .and ditto. That and there not b...

this problem was only solved this summer just gone after intermittently re-occuring since I originally posted in 2013 (!). We moved house in the interim so the Bongo was intermittently on and off the road. For what it's worth - replaced distributor cap, leads and the crank shaft position sensor. Tha...

magic folks - thanks for the suggestions - will try tomorrow!

thanks

More issues this end. V6 petrol. Starts on the button, holds steady revs at idle, revs freely, drives fine and sounds smooth. Then after 5 to 6 minutes she dies. And then refuses to catch / start. If I leave her and go back after an hour she starts fine again and then dies in turn. I have changed th...

well, I think it's fuel related, or could be the aforementioned sensor + water perhaps? went back out: All fuses fine. spark seems good. ..and she fired up, ran for about 8 minutes and then softly died. And now whilst she seems like she's about to fire up, doesn't. copious spray of WD40 and I'll lea...

cheers for the suggestions...off to the driveway with me!

Ok. So Beachy the Bongo has been working perfectly. Parked her up a couple of days ago and she's sat through some driving wind and rain. Go to start her up yesterday and whilst she'll merrily turn over, no spark / won't catch and start. The only 'indication' of anything going awry was a smell of pet...

we were in a similar position when we bought ours a couple of years ago - have two girls aged (now) 7 and 9. And a dog. Wanted to be able to camp in it as well as use it as a family expedition bus with assorted grandparents etc on occasion. We quickly discounted conversions - for one they were sligh...

at the moment it's just little me (with help from here :)) trying to see if I can isolate where the issue lies. I'll be ordering the manuals later in the week to try and see whether I can diagnose issue from ECU code (and better understand what / where the various sensors etc sit on the Bongo); £70 ...

well - disconnected the lambda sensor this morning to check that's not the issue and no dice, problem still there. So; - Engine starts fine - Revs freely (up to and above 3000 no problem) at cold / on startup. - When warm / after a short while refuses to rev above 1000. Will just bounce revs back do...

ahhhh - hadn't seen those (for some reason the Bongo Fury is mysteriously and largely absent from Google search results) in the shop. I'd best stock up on reading matter then! I figure money spent in that regard is going to be an investment. Thanks for the suggestion re: L.sensor - will double check...

well - changed the air and fuel filter today - the latter wasn't exactly the easiest to get to - lying on your back in the cold trying to get both hands up and round fuel pipes whilst trying to avoid petrol dripping into your nose / hair etc :) Anyway - all done now... ..and short answer is that it ...

hmmm - it's got a nearly full tank and I usually fill up from a mix of forecourts (normally without the level dropping below half) and not heard of dirty fuel locally but it's a possibility. I'll add that to the list of things to check out - thanks!

So, our beloved V6 petrol has intermittently developed a fault whereby she won't go above 1,000/1,200 revs. She idles fine but when the accelerator pedal is pressed it's like there's a blockage in the exhaust or something (if that makes any sense); there's almost a thud noise and the revs won't go h...

Not wholly sure what the link is but Dormans look after (or so the chap said) about 35 Bongos and they also import directly from Japan and sell (though they stopped for a while as there was little decent quality stock). I think they've a few on their site for sale. As above we bought ours from them ...